Combination nether garment



July 29, 1947. R. LEWIS CIOM BINATION NEITHER GARMENT Filed' May 4, 1945ROSE Laws v Patented July 29, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

. This invention relates to wearing apparel and particularly to anundergarment for women.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a combinationbifurcated nether garment consisting of leg portions and a girdleportion and which is referred to as a panty girdle.

Another object is to provide a garment of this type, or panty girdle,which can be easily placed on and removed from the wearers body. This isa desirable feature particularly in hot weather when there is very aptto be considerable moisture, from perspiration, on the wearers body,

, which makes it somewhat difficult to don or remove bifurcated nethergarments of the step-in type.

Still another object is to provide a panty girdle which can be readilyand conveniently laundered.

A still'further object is toprovide a panty girdle in which the girdleportion is adequately reinforced particularly at the front and rear ofthe waist line and proximate portions of the wearersbody.

Another object is to provide an open crotch combination panty girdle.

, .More specifically, the invention contemplates a panty girdle oftwo-separate sections, each comprising a girdle portion and an attachedleg portion and the two sections are adapted to be wrapped around thebody and legs of the wearer in opposite directions. Each section isprovided with suitable fastening elements whereby the two sections canbe fastened at the'inside of the legs and at the hip line at oppositesides of the body, with the fastening elements of each section soarrangedthatthe garment, when assembled on the wearer s body will beopen at the crotch.

With these andother objects in view the invention consists in certaindetails of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts allas will hereinafter be more fully described and the novel featuresthereof particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of thepresent garment in its entirety; and

Fig. v2 is a plan view of one of the two sections constituting thegarment.

As indicated the garment consists of the two separate sections A and Badapted to be folded or wrapped in opposite directions around the bodyand legs of the wearer and as the two sections are identical with oneanother, except that the fastening elements are reversed, only thesection A is shown in plan for facilitating a detailed description ofsaid sections. Referring particularly to Fig. 2, each section comprisesa wide upper portion In which constitutes a girdle and .a comparativelynarrow lower portion H which constitutes a leg portion, with a taperingintermediate portion [2 connecting said upper spective edges togetherwhen the garment is donned by the wearer. In the present instance theseedges of the respective portions are shown as provided with that type offastener now commonly referred to as zippers but ordinary buttons, hooksand eyes or snap fasteners, all of which are well known, maybe used. Thefasteners for the edges of the girdle portions are shown at E3 and thosefor the edge of the legs at 14.

As stated, the two sectionsA and B, are adapted to be placed or wrappedon the wearer in opposite directions. For instance, as shown in Fig. 1,section B is first placed against the right side of the wearers bodywith the vertical me.- dial portion of the section indicated by the linel5 in Fig. 2, in registry with the hip after which the girdle portion 19is wrapped .around the front andback of the wearers Waist and the twoedges secured together at the left side of the body. The leg portion llof section B is then wrapped around the thigh or upperportion of thewearers leg and its edges fastened together along the inside of the leg.Section A is then similarly donned, except that it is placed against thewearers left side and the edges of the girdle portion l0 fastenedtogether at the right side and the side edges of the leg portion IIsecured together at the inside of the left leg.

When thus assembled on the wearer, the girdle portion of section Aoverlies the girdle portion of section B around and adjacent the waistline, depending upon thelength of said girdle portions. In other words,adjacent thewaist line, each section of the garment might be said toextend from one side of the assembled garment around the front, oppositeside and back of the garment with the two edges secured together at thefirst mentioned side. These portions will, of course,

be made and styled to fit different waist sizes vening tapered portionl2, the assembled garment has an opencrotch, a feature which minimizeslaundering as compared with bifurcated nether garments having a closedcrotch. In this connection, it will also be appreciated that the presentgarment can be laundred with the greatest convenience due to the factthat each section can be opened out fiat to facilitate washing as wellas drying. And, incidentally,'as the reinforcing efiect obtained by thedouble ply arrangement previously described eliminates the use of zonereinforcing members and permits the use of comparatively light weightfabrics, the drying of the garment is appreciably augmented afterwashing.

The present garment formed of separate sections adapted to merely bewrapped around the waist and legs of the wearer, has a still furtheradvantage as compared with an undergarment which the wearer dons bystepping into it and dofis by pulling it from the waist down over thehips and thighs. For instance, due to the presence of perspiration onones flesh, it is quite difficult to don or remove a garment of thestepin girdle type whereas all these difficulties are eliminated withwhat might be called the wraparound garment of the present invention.

Stated briefly, therefore, the present garment is comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture, it requires less laundering although it iscomparatively easy to launder when necessary, it is amply reinforced atthe waist more or less inherently and it can be put on and removed bythe wearer quickly and easily at all times.

Due to the fact that in manufacturing the garment, the sections will bepatterned or modeled in different styles and, of course, in difierentsizes, the present illustration is more or less diagrammaticalparticularly in the sense that no seams are illustrated, as each sectionmay be formed from a single piece of fabric or if made from two or morepieces, these individual pieces may vary in size and shape. In anyevent, the two sections are duplicates of one another, except for thereversal of the fastening elements, which, of course, tends to minimizeproduction costs.

What I claim is:

1. A combination nether garment composed of two separate detachedcomplemental sections adapted to be wrapped around the wearers body fromopposite sides thereof, each section comprising a waist encirclinggirdle portion of a Width substantially corresponding to the girth ofthe waist line of the garment and sufl'icient to extend from one side ofthe wearers body around the back, front and opposite side thereof and aleg encircling portion, the respective girdle portions of the twosections having normally detached free edges meeting at opposite sidesof the garment, and fastening means for securing said meeting edges ofeach section together, the girdle portions of the two sections overlyingeach other at the front and back of the garment.

2. A combination nether garment composed of two separate detachedsections each section comprising a leg portion .adapted to be wrappedaround one of the wearers legs with the side edges of said portionmeeting at the inside of the wearers leg and a waist encircling girdleportion extending upwardly from the leg portion of an increased width toextend entirely around the front, back and one side of the garmentadjacent the waist line thereof with the side edges of said girdleportions of the respective sections meeting at the opposite side of thegarment, the waist encircling girdle portions of the two sections of thegarment overlying each other at the front and back of the garment, andfastening elements for securing together the meeting side edges of eachleg portion, and separate fastening elements for securing together themeeting side edges of each girdle portion.

3. A combination nether garment composed of two separate detachedcomplemental sections each section having an upper girdle portion, a legportion of less width than the girdle portion, and a taperingintermediate portion connecting said girdle and leg portions, saidgirdle portion being of a width suflicient to extend around the front,back and one side of the waist line of the garment with its side edgesmeeting at the opposite side of the garment, fastening elements fordetachably securing the meeting side edges of the girdle portiontogether, said leg portion-being of a Width sufficient to encircle thewearers leg with the side edges of said leg portion meeting at theinside of the wearers leg, and fastening elements for detachablysecuring together the side edges of the leg portion, the side edges ofsaid intermediate tapering portio being free of one another. 7

4. A combination nether garment composed of two separate detachedcomplemental sections each comprising integral girdle and leg portionsopen at one side, one of said sections extending around the leg with theopen edges of the'leg portion meeting at the inside of the leg andentirely-around the front, back and one side of the garment adjacent thewaist with the open side edges of said girdle portion meeting at theopposite side of the garment, and the other of said sections being ofcorresponding width and extending entirely around the front, back andopposite side of the garment adjacent the waist with its open side edgesmeeting at the first mentioned sideof the garment and around the otherleg with the open side edges of its leg portion meeting at the inside ofsaid other leg, and independent fastening elements for each pair of saidmeeting edges.

5. A combination nether garment composed of two separate detachedduplicate sections, each section consisting of a comparatively wideupper waist encircling girdle portion, a lower comparatively narrowlegencircling portion and an intermediate portion connecting said girdleand leg portions, cooperating fastening elements at opposite side edgesof the girdle portion for securing said edges together, and separatecooperating fastening elements at the side edges of said leg portion forsecuring said leg edges together, the girdle portions of the twosections extendingin opposite directions from one sided the waist of thegarment entirely around the front, back and opposite side thereof withthe girdle portions of the two sections overlying but detached from oneanother, and the leg portion of each section extending from the insideof the leg outwardly and around a leg of the garment.

ROSE LEWIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,986,792 Calvo Jan. 8, 1935

